fix: persist session banner dismissals and add hide-banner setting

- Stop overwriting AI session titles with the "Planning session" fallback
  during cross-tab broadcasts before initialPlan has hydrated on resume.
- Persist SessionNotificationBanner dismissals to localStorage keyed by
  updatedAt so they survive refresh and auto-re-show on the next event.
- Add Settings → Appearance toggle to hide the banner entirely.
- Drop the inner scrollbar on the planning question list; let the outer
  pane handle all scrolling.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

.changeset/fix-session-banner-and-planning-scroll.md

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+---
+"@runfusion/fusion": patch
+---
+
+Fixes and a new appearance setting for the AI session notification banner and planning mode UI:
+
+- Planning mode question list no longer has its own inner scrollbar nested inside the right pane's scrollbar. The inner `.planning-options` `max-height: 40vh` constraint was removed so longer question lists expand naturally and the outer pane handles all scrolling.
+- After a page refresh, the "AI sessions need your input" banner briefly displayed the real session title and then flipped to the literal default "Planning session". `PlanningModeModal` was broadcasting the fallback title via the cross-tab sync channel before `initialPlan` had hydrated on a resumed session, overwriting the API title. The broadcast now omits the title field when no real title is known, so the API title is preserved.
+- Banner dismissals are now persisted to `localStorage` keyed by session `updatedAt`. A dismissed entry stays hidden across refreshes until the session advances (a new question/event arrives), at which point the dismissal is auto-pruned and the banner re-appears.
+- Added a Settings → Appearance toggle to hide the AI session notification banner entirely.

packages/dashboard/app/App.tsx

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import { MobileNavBar } from "./components/MobileNavBar";
 import { QuickChatFAB } from "./components/QuickChatFAB";
 import { ToastContainer } from "./components/ToastContainer";
 import { useBackgroundSessions } from "./hooks/useBackgroundSessions";
+import { useSessionBannersHidden } from "./hooks/useSessionBannerPref";
 import { useTasks } from "./hooks/useTasks";
 import { useProjects } from "./hooks/useProjects";
 import { useNodes } from "./hooks/useNodes";
@@ -179,6 +180,7 @@ function AppInner() {
   const sessionsNeedingInput = bgSessions.filter(
     (session) => session.status === "awaiting_input" || session.status === "error"
   );
+  const sessionBannersHidden = useSessionBannersHidden();
 
   // Modal state/handlers - required before useViewState
   const modalManager = useModalManager({
@@ -933,7 +935,7 @@ function AppInner() {
           researchView: researchEnabled,
         }}
       />
-      {viewMode === "project" && currentProject && !nodesOpen && taskView !== "missions" && !modalManager.isPlanningOpen && (
+      {viewMode === "project" && currentProject && !nodesOpen && taskView !== "missions" && !modalManager.isPlanningOpen && !sessionBannersHidden && (
         <SessionNotificationBanner
           sessions={sessionsNeedingInput}
           onResumeSession={handleOpenBackgroundSession}

packages/dashboard/app/components/PlanningModeModal.tsx

@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ export function PlanningModeModal({ isOpen, onClose, onTaskCreated, onTasksCreat
             needsInput: false,
             owningTabId: sessionTabId,
             type: "planning",
-            title: initialPlan.trim() || "Planning session",
+            title: initialPlan.trim() || undefined,
             projectId: projectId ?? null,
           });
         },
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ export function PlanningModeModal({ isOpen, onClose, onTaskCreated, onTasksCreat
             needsInput: true,
             owningTabId: sessionTabId,
             type: "planning",
-            title: initialPlan.trim() || "Planning session",
+            title: initialPlan.trim() || undefined,
             projectId: projectId ?? null,
           });
         },
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ export function PlanningModeModal({ isOpen, onClose, onTaskCreated, onTasksCreat
             needsInput: false,
             owningTabId: sessionTabId,
             type: "planning",
-            title: initialPlan.trim() || "Planning session",
+            title: initialPlan.trim() || undefined,
             projectId: projectId ?? null,
           });
         },
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ export function PlanningModeModal({ isOpen, onClose, onTaskCreated, onTasksCreat
               needsInput: false,
               owningTabId: sessionTabId,
               type: "planning",
-              title: initialPlan.trim() || "Planning session",
+              title: initialPlan.trim() || undefined,
               projectId: projectId ?? null,
             });
             broadcastCompleted({ sessionId, status: "error" });
@@ -611,17 +611,16 @@ export function PlanningModeModal({ isOpen, onClose, onTaskCreated, onTasksCreat
     void loadSession(resumeSessionId);
   }, [isOpen, resumeSessionId]);
 
-  // Re-sync the selected session whenever the modal is reopened. Without this,
+  // Re-sync the selected session whenever the planning screen is shown.
-  // a session that progressed (or completed) on the server while the modal was
+  // loadSession tears down any existing stream and reconnects, so the right
-  // closed — or whose terminal SSE event we missed because the stream had been
+  // view always reflects the freshest server state for whatever row is
-  // torn down on close — keeps showing its stale view (e.g. stuck on "loading"
+  // selected in the sidebar — no stale "loading" frames after a missed
-  // even though `awaiting_input` is already persisted). Hard reload used to be
+  // terminal SSE event, no divergence from server progress while the modal
-  // the only fix; this effect makes close+reopen equivalent.
+  // was closed.
   useEffect(() => {
     if (!isOpen) return;
     if (!selectedSessionId) return;
     if (resumeSessionId && resumeSessionId === selectedSessionId) return; // resume effect handles this case
-    if (streamConnectionRef.current?.isConnected()) return;
     void loadSession(selectedSessionId);
     // We intentionally do not depend on selectedSessionId or loadSession here:
     // handleSelectSession already drives loadSession when the user picks a

packages/dashboard/app/components/SessionNotificationBanner.tsx

@@ -26,7 +26,36 @@ const TYPE_LABELS = {
   slice_interview: "Slice Interview",
 } as const;
 
-export const dismissedIds = new Set<string>();
+const STORAGE_KEY = "fusion:session-banner-dismissed";
+
+function loadDismissedFromStorage(): Map<string, string> {
+  if (typeof window === "undefined") return new Map();
+  try {
+    const raw = window.localStorage.getItem(STORAGE_KEY);
+    if (!raw) return new Map();
+    const parsed = JSON.parse(raw) as Record<string, string>;
+    return new Map(Object.entries(parsed));
+  } catch {
+    return new Map();
+  }
+}
+
+function persistDismissed(map: Map<string, string>): void {
+  if (typeof window === "undefined") return;
+  try {
+    const obj: Record<string, string> = {};
+    for (const [k, v] of map) obj[k] = v;
+    window.localStorage.setItem(STORAGE_KEY, JSON.stringify(obj));
+  } catch {
+    // ignore quota / disabled storage
+  }
+}
+
+// Map of sessionId → the updatedAt at which it was dismissed. The banner
+// re-shows the session when its updatedAt advances past the recorded value
+// (i.e. a new request/question arrived). Persisted to localStorage so
+// dismissals survive page refresh.
+export const dismissedIds = loadDismissedFromStorage();
 
 export function SessionNotificationBanner({
   sessions,
@@ -34,20 +63,31 @@ export function SessionNotificationBanner({
   onDismissSession,
   onDismissAll,
 }: SessionNotificationBannerProps) {
-  // Bump counter to trigger useMemo recomputation when dismissedIds mutates
   const [dismissRevision, setDismissRevision] = useState(0);
-  const bump = () => setDismissRevision((n) => n + 1);
+  const bump = () => {
+    persistDismissed(dismissedIds);
+    setDismissRevision((n) => n + 1);
+  };
 
-  // Prune dismissed IDs for sessions that are no longer awaiting_input/error
+  // Prune stored dismissals when sessions advance past the dismissed
+  // updatedAt (new question arrived) or are no longer in a notify-worthy
+  // state. This keeps localStorage from accumulating stale entries.
   useEffect(() => {
     if (dismissedIds.size === 0) return;
 
     const sessionById = new Map(sessions.map((session) => [session.id, session]));
     let pruned = false;
 
-    for (const id of dismissedIds) {
+    for (const [id, dismissedAt] of dismissedIds) {
       const session = sessionById.get(id);
-      if (session && session.status !== "awaiting_input" && session.status !== "error") {
+      if (!session) continue;
+      const stillNotifying = session.status === "awaiting_input" || session.status === "error";
+      if (!stillNotifying) {
+        dismissedIds.delete(id);
+        pruned = true;
+        continue;
+      }
+      if (session.updatedAt && session.updatedAt !== dismissedAt) {
         dismissedIds.delete(id);
         pruned = true;
       }
@@ -58,12 +98,12 @@ export function SessionNotificationBanner({
 
   const sessionsNeedingInput = useMemo(
     () =>
-      sessions.filter(
+      sessions.filter((session) => {
-        (session) =>
+        if (session.status !== "awaiting_input" && session.status !== "error") return false;
-          (session.status === "awaiting_input" || session.status === "error") &&
+        const dismissedAt = dismissedIds.get(session.id);
-          !dismissedIds.has(session.id),
+        if (dismissedAt === undefined) return true;
-      ),
+        return session.updatedAt !== dismissedAt;
-    // dismissRevision is a stable counter that bumps whenever dismissedIds changes
+      }),
     [sessions, dismissRevision],
   );
 
@@ -83,8 +123,8 @@ export function SessionNotificationBanner({
     headerText = `${errorCount} AI session${errorCount === 1 ? "" : "s"} failed`;
   }
 
-  const dismissLocally = (id: string) => {
+  const dismissLocally = (session: AiSessionSummary) => {
-    dismissedIds.add(id);
+    dismissedIds.set(session.id, session.updatedAt ?? "");
     bump();
   };
 
@@ -96,7 +136,7 @@ export function SessionNotificationBanner({
 
   const handleDismissAll = () => {
     for (const session of sessionsNeedingInput) {
-      dismissedIds.add(session.id);
+      dismissedIds.set(session.id, session.updatedAt ?? "");
     }
     bump();
     onDismissAll();
@@ -148,7 +188,7 @@ export function SessionNotificationBanner({
                 <button
                   className="session-notification-banner__dismiss"
                   onClick={() => {
-                    dismissLocally(session.id);
+                    dismissLocally(session);
                     onDismissSession(session.id);
                   }}
                   aria-label={`Dismiss ${session.title}`}

packages/dashboard/app/components/SettingsModal.tsx

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import { useMemoryBackendStatus } from "../hooks/useMemoryBackendStatus";
 import { useOverlayDismiss } from "../hooks/useOverlayDismiss";
 import type { ToastType } from "../hooks/useToast";
 import { ThemeSelector } from "./ThemeSelector";
+import { useSessionBannersHidden, setSessionBannersHidden } from "../hooks/useSessionBannerPref";
 import "./SettingsModal.css";
 import { CustomModelDropdown } from "./CustomModelDropdown";
 import { FileEditor } from "./FileEditor";
@@ -332,6 +333,7 @@ export function SettingsModal({
   const modalRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
   const settingsContentRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
   useModalResizePersist(modalRef, true, "fusion:settings-modal-size");
+  const sessionBannersHidden = useSessionBannersHidden();
   const [form, setForm] = useState<SettingsFormState>({
     maxConcurrent: 2,
     maxTriageConcurrent: 2,
@@ -2627,6 +2629,19 @@ export function SettingsModal({
                 onDashboardFontScaleChange?.(scalePct);
               }}
             />
+            <div className="form-group">
+              <label className="checkbox-label">
+                <input
+                  type="checkbox"
+                  checked={sessionBannersHidden}
+                  onChange={(e) => setSessionBannersHidden(e.target.checked)}
+                />
+                <span>Hide AI session notification banners</span>
+              </label>
+              <small className="form-text text-muted">
+                Suppress the &ldquo;needs your input&rdquo; banner that appears when AI sessions are awaiting input or have failed.
+              </small>
+            </div>
           </>
         );
       case "scheduling":

packages/dashboard/app/hooks/useSessionBannerPref.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+import { useSyncExternalStore } from "react";
+
+const STORAGE_KEY = "fusion:hide-session-banners";
+const EVENT_NAME = "fusion:session-banner-pref-changed";
+
+function read(): boolean {
+  if (typeof window === "undefined") return false;
+  try {
+    return window.localStorage.getItem(STORAGE_KEY) === "1";
+  } catch {
+    return false;
+  }
+}
+
+function subscribe(onChange: () => void): () => void {
+  if (typeof window === "undefined") return () => {};
+  const handleStorage = (e: StorageEvent) => {
+    if (e.key === STORAGE_KEY) onChange();
+  };
+  const handleCustom = () => onChange();
+  window.addEventListener("storage", handleStorage);
+  window.addEventListener(EVENT_NAME, handleCustom);
+  return () => {
+    window.removeEventListener("storage", handleStorage);
+    window.removeEventListener(EVENT_NAME, handleCustom);
+  };
+}
+
+export function setSessionBannersHidden(hidden: boolean): void {
+  if (typeof window === "undefined") return;
+  try {
+    if (hidden) {
+      window.localStorage.setItem(STORAGE_KEY, "1");
+    } else {
+      window.localStorage.removeItem(STORAGE_KEY);
+    }
+    window.dispatchEvent(new Event(EVENT_NAME));
+  } catch {
+    // ignore
+  }
+}
+
+export function useSessionBannersHidden(): boolean {
+  return useSyncExternalStore(subscribe, read, () => false);
+}

packages/dashboard/src/__tests__/ai-session-store.test.ts

@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ describe("AiSessionStore", () => {
       projectId,
       createdAt: now,
       updatedAt: now,
+      lockedByTab: null,
+      lockedAt: null,
     };
   }